Friday, July 26, 2013

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

At OPC,
we pride ourselves on providing the best prosthetic care for our
patients. We are committed to supplying contemporary prosthetic and
orthotic care with old-fashioned service and quality. Prosthetics are
unique to the individual, with each person possessing his own set of
issues, goals and needs. We carefully evaluate and and help our patients
formulate a prosthetic care plan that will help them reach their
personal best.

Numerous advances in the field have recently
benefited our patients. The most noticeable advancement lies with bionic
devices. Powered and moving components have revolutionized prosthetic
care and have helped to transform lives. However, bionic devices are
only part of the story.

Until
now, the most common way to adjust for volume fluctuation was with the
adding and subtracting of socks. Any experienced prosthetic wearer will
attest that socket fit and comfort are paramount, and having to
constantly adjust socks becomes an issue of inconvenience, quality of
life and in extreme cases, safety. We have long recognized that an
adjustable socket would benefit our patients, and we have been working
diligently towards this goal.

We are delighted to introduce an
advancement to socket design that we are confident will help many of our
patients, especially those with volume fluctuation issues. OPC is proud
to introduce the Click to Fit Socket, featuring the Boa system.Utilizing
the Boa system, the wearer is able to adjust for volume fluctuations by
dialing in their own comfort without the donning and doffing of socks.
The socket can accommodate up to 12 ply and can be adjusted quickly-
without removing the device. The socket features a flexible inner liner, which allows us to maintain suspension,
and a carbon fiber shell which has been cut into a series of panels. The
Boa cords are thread through the outer socket wall and panels. The
panels and the Boa system work together to allow the socket to adjust to
the limb, rather than trying to get the limb to fit into the fixed
socket.If the socket feels too big, instead of putting on a 3 ply sock, the wearer needs only to
turn the dial a few clicks to achieve optimum comfort. Too snug? No
problem! Simply pull the dial to release some slack within the panels,
making the socket bigger. Integrating the Boa system, long renown for
its strength and reliability by athletes, into a paneled socket provides
amputees with a safe, easy and convenient means to adjust for volume
changes.

If
socks have you in bunches and you have been seeking a better way, give
us a call. We put the ability to adjust at your fingertips with the Fit
to Click socket.